Basic Drawing Tools

As you are now familiar with the user interface of AutoCAD and the basic navigation tools, we can move on to learning about the basic draw tools. In this chapter, we will learn how to make simple drawings using the basic draw and modify tools available in AutoCAD. Using these tools, you will be able to make and modify the simplest kind of drawings in AutoCAD. These tools also happen to be the most frequently used ones in AutoCAD.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

• Understanding the coordinate system
• Using the Line command
• Basic status bar modes
• Making circles and arcs
• Making rectangles and polygons
• The Move and Copy commands
• The Rotate and Fillet commands
• The Trim and Extend commands

So, let's begin by understanding the user coordinate system (UCS) in AutoCAD.